A meal is not a feast.

The emperor's banquet to the ministers is completely a formality to show the emperor's favor. The minister ate alone on the platform outside the hall, and he had to buckle his head before and after the meal. There are very few meals, and in short, I can't eat enough at all, so I can't really eat. It is also this rule for the local officials to give a banquet for the New Year's festival in the Shu Wangfu, so after the banquet is completed, the local officials will be pardoned and go home to eat well. However, Zhu Pingjin let the four scholars accompany the meal, of course, the etiquette is required, the biggest difference is that the real food, not the fake food.

A round table and chair were placed in the middle of the East Pavilion. The meal is very simple, simpler than what Zhu Pingjin usually eats alone, it is three meats, two vegetables and one soup, but there is more wine.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Pingjin asked the four of them what their ideals were.

Shu Guoping stood up abruptly and spilled the wine in his hand on the table.

"Students should hold a three-foot sword, raise a million soldiers, and behead the demons in the world!" After speaking, Shu Guoping poured another cup for himself and threw himself up.

Zhu Pingjin pressed his hand, motioned for Shu Guoping to sit down, and asked with a smile: "There are not a million male soldiers in this world, not even a hundred." There are only thirty guards in the Shizi Mansion, and ten of them can be used well, except for the wine-colored wealth and hollowed out. Would Mr. Shu be willing to receive it? ”

Shu Guoping said: "Students are full of blood feuds, and they think about it day and night. Students are willing to know the county and train the township. It's just that the student doesn't know the method of battle formation, if the prince can give the student a general, the student will be able to train an elite soldier for the imperial court! ”

Even if Shu Guoping can train ten hundred elite soldiers for the imperial court, what good will it do to Zhu Pingjian? He smiled and comforted: "Mr. Shu, don't worry! The imperial court selects officials, and the county orders are mostly jinshi and people. Mr. is just a show of talent, and he has no merit, and it suddenly rises, and it is too difficult. Mr. may wish to serve in my Shu Wangfu, when he has an official body and accumulates merits, how about slowly seeking a county? ”

Sun Hong looked like a minister, and said: "The son of the world is an old man's words. ”

Zhu Pingjin smiled again: "There are no generals, only thirty guards." Mr. Shu might as well pay attention to himself and see who the general is. What about Mr. Lee? ”

Li Chongwen was still a little restrained, and after thinking about it, he said: "The son of the family is benevolent, humble and studious, and has the style of his ancestors. Meng Shizi values it, and students should serve themselves. If the son of the world is sent, the student will never give up. However, the student has a cowardly personality and may not be able to go into battle. ”

Zhu Pingjin said: "Mr. Li doesn't have to be humble. The people are also the water that carries the boat. The suffering of all the people is also known to the son of this world. If the gentleman is interested, he can also serve in the Shu Palace. or govern in the grange, or coordinate in the village, or investigate the canal irrigation. Mr. Li has studied the people's livelihood and field affairs, and has solved the misfortune of the people, and this son relies on Mr. Li in many places! ”

Seeing that the two had already arranged, Gao Antai was not polite, and before Zhu Pingjin was named, he interjected: "The student is unwilling to serve in the palace!" Then quickly explained: "If it weren't for the student's rebellion, the student really couldn't stand the rules of the palace!" ”

Zhu Pingjin said: "The imperial court rules the world by law. Taizu once said, 'Those who know the law are always happy', and if you can't be unruly, the world will be in chaos. The royal domain is in Shudi, with a radius of thousands of miles, can there be no rules? ”

Gao Antai waved his hand again and again: "It's not that students don't want to abide by the law. It's just that the students were born in the wilderness, and they are really wild, and the rules of the palace are too big, and they are particular about talking, walking, and dressing, and the students are ......"

Gao Antai was frank and honest, which made everyone at the table laugh.

Zhu Pingjin said: "Gao Gongzi is a straightforward person, amiable and cute. In this way, Gao Gongzi is serving in my palace, and he doesn't have to be here to ask for something. ”

Gao Antai's goal of not going to work to receive wages was achieved, so he thanked him happily.

There are only four personnel left, and Sun Hong has no arrangements. Zhu Pingjin did not ask Sun Hong's personal opinion, and said directly to him: "Mr. Sun has no merit for the time being, and it is a little difficult to serve as an official in my palace directly. The prince of this world does not want to be criticized by the officials and ministers. Why don't Mr. Sun stay by the side of this son and help with some things first? ”

Sun Hong hurriedly got up and thanked: "Don't dare to invite it, you can do what you want!" ”

All four talents remained, and their arrangements were settled.

Zhu Pingjin let out a long sigh of relief. The four talents entered the hub, and his first team was formed.

While he was excited, he didn't expect that although his wife had returned home, she still caused trouble.

Chinese New Year's Eve is the most exciting.

Luo Yuhong went home last night, which can be said to be beautiful.

The palace lights open the way, the small sedan chair rises and falls, the eunuchs and palace maids are clustered in front and back, and the stars are holding the moon. Luo Yuhong had never sat in this kind of palace sedan chair in the palace, and felt very fresh, so she opened the sedan curtain, blew the cold wind, and looked around. The huge formation attracted the attention of nearby neighbors. They went out one after another to see the excitement, the young man whistled and coaxed, and the eighth woman inquired around. Dad and younger brother heard the sound and went out of the house, looking at their expressions with joy.

It's Chinese New Year's Eve, and it's my first New Year in this strange era. It has its own home, two relatives who care about it, and a rich and handsome husband who has a soul. It's almost the age of square dancing, and I have to be a bride again, so that my fresh body can marry the same familiar soul. Luo Yuhong stared at the dim bronze mirror, her vague appearance was very unfamiliar, and she felt a little shy in her heart. The shyness quietly overflowed from the sweet smile, and the brows and corners of the mouth floated.

A young woman behind her was combing Luo Yuhong's hair. This woman is the palace maid arranged by the palace in the morning, and a very vulgar and indiscriminate name is Xiaohong. Xiaohong looked at the corners of Luo Yuhong's upturned mouth, and asked Luo Yuhong: "Miss, do you really not wear a cone hat and veil when you go out tonight?" ”

The women who are to marry the palace are generally very careful, especially when they show their heads, so as not to cause trouble. Xiaohong was afraid that something would go wrong and she wouldn't be able to get better, so she confirmed it again.

"No." Luo Yuhong replied directly, "I can't see clearly with that veil." I hadn't seen a fireworks stand before. ”

"Miss didn't go out for the Chinese New Year in the past?"

"......, I didn't go out much before!"

Anywhere in China, the Chinese New Year is always the most lively, even if it is a disaster and a thief.

The things on every stall seem both familiar and unfamiliar in the eyes of Luo Yuhong, a prospective aunt, which fully stimulates her desire to shop. After a shop, a stall, she has to go in and pick everywhere. Luo Yuhong shopped in front, and Xiaohong paid the bill later. The two were followed by a tail, and her younger brother Luo Jingyun had to follow along. There are also benefits to coming, and he is responsible for carrying things.

The three of them passed by an omnivorous stall, Luo Jingyun's nose was sharp, and he shouted behind him: "Sister, I want to eat sugar!" ”

In the omnivorous stall, a large, angular yellow stone rests on a bamboo dustpan. This is brown sugar, also known as brown sugar. Luo Yuhong nodded, and the stall owner immediately happily took out a three-finger-wide chisel, chiseled a large piece on the corner of the stone with a small hammer, weighed the weight, calculated the money, and crackled into small pieces. The boss was about to wrap a bunch of broken sugar with oiled paper, Luo Yuhong hurriedly grabbed a piece and threw it into his mouth first.

It's so sweet. The sugar slowly melts in the mouth, leaving behind some residue. Luo Yuhong smashed her mouth, a strong taste of childhood, maybe it is also the taste of this era.

The Huangcheng Dam is very large, but there are more people visiting the bustle, and it is estimated that a lot of people from outside the city have come in. The sky on the roof ridge slowly darkened, and all kinds of lanterns on the street were lit up one after another, reflecting the whole street colorful and extraordinarily bright. In order to take the meaning of enjoying with the people, the palace of the king of Shu opened the left and right gates of the star gate today. The people can pass through the Lingxing Gate and Yumen, go straight into the brightly lit Wangcheng Street, and walk all the way to the tower of the tall and majestic Duanli Gate. In front of the Duanli Gate Tower, a shelf tied up with more than a dozen large bamboos stands high in the middle of Wangcheng Street, and several long bamboo poles poke out from the top of the wooden frame, and several extra-large lanterns are hung from the ground below. Each lantern was made in the shape of a cylinder, about six feet high and three or four feet in diameter, which was more than enough for ten children.

This is Luo Yuhong's destination after today's visit - the fireworks stand.

Under the fireworks stand, a circle of people surrounded the circle, all to see the strange. Luo Jingyun struggled to line up the crowd, squeezed in with a group of people, and occupied a position where no one was in the way. A few children in the circle chased after each other like crazy, and the adults couldn't stop shouting. In desperation, the adults only rushed in and slapped a few butts in the midst of everyone's laughter to silence the dolls.

Several artists clenched their fists to the crowd in the middle of the circle, "Don't worry, everyone, this is the beginning." If you see it well, please give us a good call for the fireworks stand of the Chen family in Mianzhou, and throw a few coppers! With that, an elderly entertainer walked under the wooden frame and lit the cannon on the ground with a fire breaker. Listen only to the "zizi...... Shhhhh The lantern began to spin. Spinning around, a vertical banner of writing fell out from under the lantern.

"Chang'e to the moon!"

As soon as the sharp-eyed one shouted, there was a crackling sound, and there was a flash of light in the cylinder, and a little Chang'e figure jumped out of the barrel with the light of fire, and flew towards the dark and deep sky above the dense crowd.

"Wow!" The crowd erupted in surprise.

The lantern is still spinning. There was another crackling, four colored lanterns fell from the sky, a group of nine lotus lanterns slowly fell from the barrel, and a goldfish on the lotus was jumping alive.

"Goldfish Lotus!" Someone shouted again.

The lanterns are spinning, and the stories are unfolding. From the barrel layer by layer fell "fish leaping dragon gate", "cockfighting", "turning the horizontal bar", "Leifeng Tower", "dresser" and other forms of different content, or a folk tale, or a good wish, a total of twelve, before and after almost an hour, finally the cylinder did not turn, inside the uproar to the sky spewed fireworks, adults and children are reluctant to disperse in all directions.

"Aren't there still a few lanterns left unplaced?" Luo Yuhong, who was still interested, asked, "Why don't you let it go?" ”

"Miss, that's for the day after tomorrow. On the first day of the Lantern Festival, it will be held for fifteen days, and when the day is over, what will people come to see? The Lantern Festival is more lively at night, there are several to be put together, and fireworks will be lit, so let's come again! ”

"Good! Lantern Festival, we are here again! Luo Yuhong hadn't said anything yet, and the little kid who grew taller and taller in the back spoke first.

"Is there a Queqiao meeting in the Lantern Festival? Little brother, which little lady do you fall in love with? Do you want my sister to tell you to go to the matchmaker? ”

"I don't have a crush on anyone?!" The big kid looked puzzled.

"I didn't fancy anyone, you still participate in Valentine's Day! If you don't learn well at a young age, you can play puppy love with others! Thinking about it all day long! Lantern Festival is not allowed to go out, study seriously at home! Luo Yuhong was mad at the little brat.

At this moment, Luo Yuhong's ass clearly felt a devilish hand and twisted it on her.

Sexual harassment! Luo Yuhong made an accurate judgment in 0.001 seconds, using her years of experience in taking buses and subways. While making her judgment, she used her most powerful killing move.

Yes! The screams rang out behind him as scheduled.